Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sudan’s armed forces now in control of all its territory – foreign minister
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's armed forces have taken control of all of its territory, Foreign Minister Omar Gamareldin said in a press conference on Thursday, as border tensions with neighbour Ethiopi...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
Hungary says will not use Russian vaccine due to lack of capacity
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary will buy vaccines either through the European Union's procurement mechanism or directly from China because Russia does not have enough capacity to manufacture vaccines, Pri...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
Norway to introduce mandatory COVID tests at borders, closes some entry points
OSLO (Reuters) - All travellers entering Norway will have to take a COVID-19 test upon arrival, or up to 24 hours after, from Jan. 2, the country's justice ministry said on Thursday. To stop the sprea...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
Futures muted in the last trading session of 2020
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were muted in the last trading session of a tumultuous year on Thursday, as investors digested big market gains and hoped that more stimulus and coro...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
Iran’s Zarif says U.S. plotting to fabricate war pretext – Twitter
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States on Thursday of trying to fabricate a pretext for attacking Iran, and vowed Tehran would defend itself even tho...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
Tech, cross-border activities set to drive Asia M&A next year
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Coronavirus-spurred growth in the technology sector will help drive M&A activity in the Asia Pacific next year, bankers and lawyers predict, with the potential easing ...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
Bewildered and angry, Northern Ireland unionists fret over place in UK
By Natalie Thomas and Amanda Ferguson LARNE, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - As Northern Ireland's unionists prepare to celebrate 100 years since the state's creation cemented their place in the United K...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
Fewer companies caught the deal bug in the year of the pandemic
By Joshua Franklin and Pamela Barbaglia (Reuters) - Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity fell to a three-year low in 2020, as companies grappled with the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pa...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
U.S. stocks in 2020: A year for the history books, in charts
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - The year 2020 was a wild one for Wall Street, bookended by the end of the longest bull market in history with the battering of equities by the COVID-19 shutdo...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
Local funding crisis threatens U.S. vaccine rollout
By Carl O'Donnell and Rebecca Spalding NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seattle public health officials have so little COVID-19 funding on hand they worry they will have to shut down some virus testing sites as t...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020

